Adobe Users' Conference Draws Top Expert Speakers

The Creative Suite Conference will be the first conference dedicated for Adobe Creative Suite users, focusing on active learning and presentations by technical experts.

The Creative Suite Conference will be the first conference dedicated for Adobe Creative Suite users, focusing on active learning and presentations by technical experts.

Organised by Barrycon Productions, the company that produces The Indesign Conference series worldwide, the Creative Suite Conference will take place from July 20-22 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas (USA).

The Adobe Creative Suite is a suite of software that contains page layout and design software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, Golive and Versioncue, as well as design tools.

The Conference targets Adobe Creative Suite users and features hands-on workshops and presentations from trainers, authors, and industry personalities.

The scheduled speakers include experts from Adobe Systems, independent consultants and teachers.

They include David Blatner, a consultant specialising in Indesign, QuarkXPress and Photoshop who has written and co-authored 13 books about those software programs.

Russell Preston Brown, the senior creative director at Adobe Systems Incorporated, works closely with the design community on product development, particularly with Photoshop.

Sandee Cohen, is an instructor as well as author of books on Indesign, Fireworks, Freehand, Illustrator, and desktop publishing.

Kacey Crouch is an active graphic designer and art director and has written exams for several design applications.

She is also an Adobe authorised trainer.

Mordy Golding is a production artist for both print and the web.

An Adobe certified expert and Adobe certified print specialist, he is a hands-on trainer, speaker and producer of instructional videos.

Lynn Grillo is an application engineer at Adobe Systems and her expertise is Golive CS, Indesign CS and Photoshop CS.

She has co-written three books on Adobe Golive.

Deke McClelland is an expert and lecturer on Adobe Photoshop and Indesign.

The author of the 'Photoshop Bible', he is an Adobe certified expert, a member of the Photoshop World instructor dream team and a contributing editor for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines.

Bert Monroy is a teacher and lecturer.

His corporate clients include Pixar Animations Studios, Apple Computer, Adobe Systems, Industrial Light and Magic, Pacific Data Images and R Greenberg Associates.

Adam Pratt is an application engineer at Adobe Systems and co-author of three Golive books.

An Adobe certified expert for Adobe's Creative Suite, he is also the first certified Creative Suite master in the world.

Steve Werner is a trainer, consultant, and co-author (with David Blatner and Christopher Smith) of Indesign for QuarkXPress Users.

He has 20 years of experience as a teacher and professional in the graphic arts industry.

In addition to informational presentations, the Creative Suite Conference features Pitstop one-day training courses that provide knowledge about Photoshop CS, Illustrator, Indesign, Acrobat, Golive and Scripting (Java and Apple Scripting).

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